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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Tennesseans For Alternatives To

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 621577038
TN · NTEE R69M
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Stacy Rector, Executive Director / CEO ($88,391) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 327 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 78th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Stacy Rector — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

327 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 327 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$607 total compensation of comparable organizations → $294,203 $88,391
$14,97710th
$28,93725th
$56,063Median
$82,18575th
$108,88590th
$88,391This org · 78th
p10$14,977
p25$28,937
p50$56,063
p75$82,185
p90$108,885
$88,391

Comparable organizations

Each figure is Form 990 Part VII columns D + F (reportable pay plus other compensation and benefits; column F may include amounts from related organizations), normalized to TN cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateRevenueMatched titleComp
(reported)
Comp
(adjusted)
FY
Fundamedios Inc DC$243,754 Chief Executive Officer $6,000 $4,865 2024
Ruralorganizingorg OH$243,351 Executive Director $52,500 $52,900 2023
Sampson County Child Advocacy NC$246,315 Executive Di $52,670 $50,289 2024
Urban Bird Collective MN$241,245 Executive Director $37,500 $34,240 2024
Muslim American Leadership Alliance IL$246,473 Chairperson $75,617 $68,695 2024
Cuba Study Group Inc DC$246,841 Executive Director $170,984 $142,744 2023
Dais Partners PA$240,750 President $96,154 $94,963 2022
Great Lakes Bay Pride MI$247,373 Executive Di $71,487 $68,183 2024
Casa Of Southern Illinois Inc IL$240,246 Executive Dir. $67,056 $59,347 2025
Data For Social Good Foundation CA$240,054 Ceo $80,000 $63,834 2024
Sav-a-life Lanettvalley Inc AL$240,012 Executive Director $40,700 $40,630 2024
Carroll County Casa Inc GA$247,723 Executive Dir. $63,840 $57,786 2025
Conservative Roundtable Of Texas TX$239,624 Executive Director $117,200 $108,333 2024
League Of Women Voters Lotte E MA$238,887 Executive Director $91,584 $78,295 2023
Shared Humanity Project SC$248,910 Co-founder And President $150,000 $144,603 2024
Loud And Proud MI$238,733 Executive Director $20,313 $19,374 2024
The Remembrance Society DC$238,664 Executive Director $80,000 $64,871 2024
People's Justice Project OH$249,116 Executive Director $80,417 $81,030 2023
The Privilege Institute Inc WI$238,409 President $91,667 $91,076 2023
Minas List Inc CA$249,405 Executive Director $98,700 $81,081 2023
North Carolina Coalition For Alternatives To The D NC$249,509 Executive Director $80,600 $76,957 2024
Cair National Legal Defense Fund Inc DC$249,901 Director/secretary $25,927 $21,024 2024
Parityorg Inc VA$249,976 President, Vp Of Marketing $187,794 $172,502 2023
Advancement Project Action Fund DC$250,000 President, Executive Director $47,237 $38,304 2024
Asian And Pacific Islanders For Lgbtq Equality-la CA$250,327 Executive Director $76,976 $63,235 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TN cost of living and 2023 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.

Methodology

Comparable organizations were drawn from electronically filed IRS Form 990 returns and matched on sector (NTEE code), budget (a size-adaptive revenue band that tightens as the organization grows), and geography (same-state first, broadening only when too few peers qualify); every organization within the band forms the peer set. To compare fairly across regions and years, peer compensation is normalized to TN cost of living (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023) and to the subject's filing year (CPI-U). The figure benchmarked is Form 990 Part VII, Section A, columns D + F — reportable pay plus other compensation, benefits, and deferred amounts (column F may include amounts from related organizations) — with the chief executive matched by role. Related-organization amounts (column E) and institutional trustees are excluded. Full methodology: peerbasis.org/methodology.

Sample, role match & sensitivity

Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:

BasisSubject percentile
Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default78th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)74th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted72nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted72nd

If the percentile moves materially across these definitions, the result is sensitive to methodology choices, and the board should weigh which basis best fits its facts.

Rebuttable presumption of reasonableness · 26 CFR 53.4958-6

Compensation paid by a tax-exempt organization is presumed reasonable — shifting the burden to the IRS — when three requirements are met. This report supplies the comparability data for the second. The board should record the following in its minutes concurrently with its decision:

Draft board minutes — executive compensation

  1. The compensation of the Executive Director / CEO (Stacy Rector) was approved in advance by [the Board / Compensation Committee], composed of members with no conflict of interest with respect to the arrangement.
  2. Prior to its determination, the authorized body obtained and relied upon appropriate comparability data, namely the PeerBasis Compensation Comparability Determination dated June 9, 2026, comparing compensation against 327 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (R), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $88,391 is reasonable (approximately the 78th percentile of comparable organizations) and documented the basis for this determination concurrently, on [date], by a vote of [__ for / __ against].

Sources: IRS Form 990 e-file data (apps.irs.gov); IRS Business Master File (NTEE classification). Every figure traces to an original public filing — click any organization above to verify it on ProPublica. PeerBasis is a service of Prismind Analytics; its methodology is published, was commissioned for independent adversarial review, and discloses its own limitations. This report is comparability data to support a board's good-faith determination under IRC 4958; it is not legal or tax advice. Generated by PeerBasis on June 9, 2026.